Read this passage:Feel the fire at his neck and see how casuallyhe glances up and is caught, wondrously tunnelinginto that hot eye. Who cares that he fell back to the sea?Anne Sexton, "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph"What different interpretation of the Icarus myth does Sexton offer?A.That Icarus should not have flown so close to the sunB.That Icarus was punished for attempting to be godlike by flyingC.That Icarus's pride and arrogance caused his eventual downfallD.That the success of Icarus's flight is more important than his death

Which interpretation is a possible theme of Ovid's "The Story of Daedalus and Icarus"?A.Flying close to the sun can melt the wax on your wings and cause you to drown in the sea.B.Daedalus builds wings to allow him and his son to escape from an island, but the plan backfires when Icarus is killed.C.Icarus eventually regrets not having listened to his father, but by then it is too late, and he drowns.D.Human creativity can be amazing, but it can also lead to pain and suffering when used improperly.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Click to read "The Story of Icarus and Daedalus," by Ovid and "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.Which line(s) from the poem parallel(s) this portion of Ovid's myth?The two flew over the islands of Samos, Delos, and Lebynthos, and the boy Icarus, thrilled with the limitless power of flight, began to soar higher than his father, soaring upward as if to reach heaven. As Daedalus had predicted, the blazing sun softened the wax which held the feathers together, and they began to come off, falling through the air toward the sea. Icarus fluttered his arms, but the wings had come apart and his cries to Daedalus were lost as he fell into the deep blue waters of the sea. His father cried, "Icarus, Icarus, where are you?" At last he saw the feathers floating on the water. "Ill-fated arts!" he lamented, wishing he had never possessed the skill to allow them to fly. He named the land Icaria, after his son, and offered his wings to the god Apollo.A.the sun shone / As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green / WaterB.the ploughman may / Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,C.While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;D.the expensive delicate ship that must have seen / Something amazing, a boy falling out of the skySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Icarus, in Greek mythology, was the son of Daedalus, architect of the labyrinth for Minos of Crete. Icarus escaped from Crete using wings made by his father of feathers and wax. He was killed when he flew too near the sun and the wax attaching his wings melted so that he fell into the sea and was drowned. Icarus is used exclusively to denote someone who is over-ambitious in their aspirations. What are the main concepts in the following paragraph?Icarus, son, Crete, feathers, wax, drownIcarus, Greek mythology, wings, wax, melt, drown Icarus, Greek, Daedalus, labyrinth, over-ambitiousIcarus, Daedalus, Minos, architect, wings, waxIcarus, Minos, father, feathers, sun, drown

In Ovid's "The Story of Daedalus and Icarus," why do Icarus's wings fall off?A.Minos catches Icarus and shakes him until his wings fall off.B.Icarus flies too close to the sun, and the wax holding his wings together melts.C.Icarus feels guilty for escaping and takes off his wings.D.Icarus doesn't fasten the strap tightly, and it comes loose during flight.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What do the painting and two poems leave out of Ovid's original myth about Icarus?A.The wingsB.DaedalusC.The sunD.Icarus